“I think of building new pathways in the brain using an analogy of a bridge. In this analogy, doing therapy is like putting skilled workers to work to build a bridge. If you don’t include the right nutrients, it is like giving them a pack of toothpicks to build with…Conversely, eating nutrient dense, brain building nutrition, but doing little or no therapy is like having all the lumber that one would need to build a sturdy bridge, but only children to build it. Either way, a bridge, or new pathways within the brain, are not very well built in both scenarios. Both skilled workers (therapy) and the right building materials (nutrition) are necessary.”

About Cavin Balaster

In 2011, I fell two stories, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, and was comatose for 12 days. I was diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury -- Approximately 90% of people with this type of injury never regain consciousness. After relearning to eat, walk, and talk, I began a journey to spread awareness about health and recovery.

Professional Testimonials

This book is going to help many readers. I applaud Cavin for doing so much research and citing so much good scientific literature, to ensure that his ideas are scientifically sound and accurate.

–Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Calgary

”Cavin Balaster has accomplished something important in the field of nutrition and self-healing that few authors have been able to do, made even more remarkable by his own experience with traumatic brain injury.”